Solution Architect

Solution Architect, Solution Engineering (Java FullStack) – Pune, India

Are you excited by the opportunity of using your knowledge of architecture to lead a team to success? Would you like to be a part of the great work happening in Western Union to reimagine the customer experience enabling the vision of making the cross-currency, cross-border money movement seamless for our customers? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Join Western Union as Solution Architect, Solution Engineering.

Western Union powers your pursuit.

You will be leading a team of engineers with a broad range of responsibilities including all aspects of software engineering like requirements understanding and validation, solution design, detailed design, development, testing and software configuration management. Build products, systems, and services that are optimized, well organized and maintainable, and have a high impact on our end users.

Role Responsibilities

• Demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards
• Interface and collaborate with other engineers in geographically distributed development centers
• Strong emphasis on customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development
• Design layered application, including user interface, business functionality, and database access.
• Apply Agile methodology daily and follow Definition of Done (DoD) process for better quality by maintaining 90% unit test coverage and 80% integration test coverage.
• Define, design, and implement complex, multi-tier distributed software systems throughout all phases of the software development process.
• Develop technical & domain expertise and apply it to solving product challenges.
• Thorough code reviews.
• Estimate engineering effort, plan implementation, and roll out applications with cross-functional impacts.
• Develop technical & domain expertise and apply to solving product challenges
• Estimate engineering effort, plan implementation, and roll out applications with cross-functional impacts
• Share engineering support and release
• Breaks down the problem into its constituent parts; evaluates the available solution options while solving problems
• Seeks to understand business needs, builds credibility by providing relevant inputs, integrates PO’s feedback and delivers as per commitments
• Can prioritize individual tasks based on project criticalities, proactively plans based on critical inputs from historical data, analyses work output and plans for contingencies

Role Requirements

• 6+ years of developing web applications/Hybrid apps across devices.
• Experience in Angular14+.
• Programming skills in HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, REST, JSON specific for web/hybrid mobile application on various mobile platforms
• Hands-on experience in Java/J2EE, XML, Web technologies, Web Services, GraphQL
• Experience designing and building dynamic and flexible hybrid mobile applications for extremely high traffic and transaction volumes.
• Experience with architecture design concepts and techniques and the ability to communicate and evangelize those concepts to a broad-based team.
• Demonstrated capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards.
• Team player with strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced, iterative development environment and adapt to changing business priorities and to thrive under pressure.
• Experience with unit testing and mocking/Virtualization frameworks.
• Understanding of various development i.e Iterative Development Methods (Unified Process and Agile)
• Strong problem-solving skills, ability to triage technical issues and drive resolution with cross functional teams.
• Proven ability to interact effectively with people in all levels of the organization (cross-functional, on/shore technical teams and senior management)
• Experience in creating and consuming RESTful web services.
• Good to have experience with agile development methodologies with Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI (Continuous Integration)/CD (Continuous Delivery)
• Hands-on experience in building high performance and large-scale real-time systems that scale to billions of transactions per day.

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what’s next.

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company — transforming lives and communities. To support this, we have launched a Digital Banking Service and Wallet across several European markets to enhance our customers’ experiences by offering a state-of-the-art digital Ecosystem. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

Just as we help our global customers prosper, we support our employees in achieving their professional aspirations. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If you’re ready to help drive the future of financial services, it’s time for the Western Union. Learn more about our purpose and people at https://careers.westernunion.com/.

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few ([https://careers.westernunion.com/global-benefits/>). Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your India specific benefits include:

• Employees Provident Fund [EPF]
• Gratuity Payment
• Public holidays
• Annual Leave, Sick leave, Compensatory leave, and Maternity / Paternity leave
• Annual Health Check up
• Hospitalization Insurance Coverage (Mediclaim)
• Group Life Insurance, Group Personal Accident Insurance Coverage, Business Travel Insurance
• Cab Facility
• Relocation Benefit

Western Union values in-person collaboration, learning, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this creates value through common ways of working and supports the execution of enterprise objectives which will ultimately help us achieve our strategic goals. By connecting face-to-face, we are better able to learn from our peers, problem-solve together, and innovate.

Our Hybrid Work Model categorizes each role into one of three categories. Western Union has determined the category of this role to be Hybrid. This is defined as a flexible working arrangement that enables employees to divide their time between working from home and working from an office location. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.

We are passionate about diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.

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Estimated Job Posting End Date:

09-27-2024

This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.